<p>In the upcoming school year I will be a Junior in High school and will be taking Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (two separate classes) at a nearby college. I feel it is time for me to upgrade my calculator but I've gotten mixed reviews on both of the calculators mentioned above. Disregarding the price differences, which should i get?</p>
<p>The real question is…will it blend?</p>
<p>Get the Ti Inspire CX CAS. I have the non-CAS version and it is LOVELY.
I don’t know what review you heard I can imagine the thing is the learning curve of using this calculator. The price is worth it and you will be the envy of every kid with out an nspire calculator (I know because I was lmao).
However several calculator may not be use on SAT/ACT/AP Exams so be careful. If your old calculator is a graphing calculator I would hold on to that.</p>
<p>The CAS is NOT allowed on stamdardized tests. The plain CX IS.</p>
<p>Love my Ti Nspire CX. Lol and like said above everyone in my class with their Ti-84s are so jealous.</p>
<p>I also have the non CAS version of the Nspire, only because I knew I’d be tempted to just let the calculator do stuff like factor for me, and as a result I wouldn’t learn the material.</p>
<p>Very steep learning curve for the Nspire, I still don’t know how to use it very well. The 89 titanium is the tried and true version that has been out forever, and will probably be more familiar. My teachers got nervous when I used my non CAS Nspire because they thought I’d be cheating and stuff. While it really can do some things a normal 84 plus can’t, you can’t really cheat with a non CAS model…</p>
<p>@Etuck:
I did… store some typed information on my CX (but that can also be done with the 84-plus as well.)
But yea I agree with Etuck. However it may be very nice to actually have a color calculator through the rest of your high school and through college while everyone else is just dying to try the touchpad beauty. It’s like the smartphone revolution all over again xD</p>
<p>CX CAS… Haha, everybody that even has one that I know has the non-CAS version (and I’ve never seen the CAS version in stores anyways), but I know they’re missing out on the killer features of the CAS!</p>
<p>To me, factoring, solving certain equations, and taking derivatives are a waste of time (especially in our mathematics curriculum that makes them boring) that I rather have the CAS speed through them. Now integration you have the power to breeze through that in your palms teehee, enjoy it.</p>
<p>I’ve checked the Ti website and the CX CAS version is allowed on most standardized tests like the SAT, PSAT, AP Exams, etc. However, it can’t be used on the ACT, which really isn’t a problem because you can do it w/o a calculator. I guess I’ll go with the CX CAS.</p>